Eastern Sun, 2 April 1970

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    23 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY TV Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1308 Thursday, 2 April 1970. •£r MC(P) 1616 Pries 15 eent»
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    Lock icon Government Crackdown On Pollution
    1322 1 The Prime Minister. Mr Lee Kuan Yew, has given lorry, bus and taxi drivers anil owners three months to cut down exhaust air pollution. From now until June, lorTy and bus companies and taxi owners will put vehicles right bv removing the causes of pollution. he
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    Lock icon The Pill Is A Plot...
    110 1 NLW DELHI Wed (UPI) A Hindu economist today blasted family planning as "a conspiracy of the white countries against the developing nations." Prof. Subramanlam Swamy. an economist and a member of the militantly religious Hindu Jana Saneh political partv. told newsmen in Poona "white nations
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    Lock icon 2 Remanded On Murder Charge
    57 1 LONDON Wed fßeuter —Two brothers accused of murdering Austra.ian-born jlrs Murie; McKav wife of a director of the 'News ot* The were remanded in custody todav for a further week. The prosecution said the case aeainst Arthur Hosein. 33 and Nizamodeen Hosem 31 should he
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    Lock icon No Hot Pursuit
    34 1 PHNOM PENH. Wed '(UPI) The Cambodian government has no intention of allowing United States' forces the "rieht of hot pursuit" into thf kirgcom from South Vietnam. an official announcement said today.
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    Lock icon CAPTAIN PLEADS: LET ME TAKE OFF
    600 1 JAL Hijack Drama CEOUL, Wed. (UPI, Reuter) The captain of the hijacked JAL jet tonight pleaded for permission to take off after 15 radical Japanese students again threatened to blow up the Boeing 727. CapfOin Shinjo Ishida told Kimpo Airport control tower that the
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    Lock icon Payroll Robbery – Boy Hurt In Chase
    216 1 Payroll Robbery Boy Hurt In Chase A chemist yesterday went after five men who had robbed him of his company's $22,000 payroll but was involved in an accident in which a school boy was injured. Chief Chemist Oh Tal Chin and Tan Wa h t Boon, of the Central Processes
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    Lock icon Hanoi Willing To Take Vietnamese Living In Thailand
    194 1 BANGKOK, Wed (Reuter) —North Vietnamese and Thai Red Cross officials will meet in Bangkok soon for talks on repatriation of Vietnamese refugees to North Vietnam. Under-Secretary of Interior Puang Suwannarat. said North Vietnam says it Is now prepared to accept the refugees.
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    Lock icon 31 Killed In Air Crash
    58 1 CASABLANCA Wed. (UPI> —A Royal Moroccan Airline* Caravelle bound for Paris crashed on a highway south of Casablanca today after th# pilot maraged to keep the plane from hitting a village About 25 survivors have been recoveredaaL e but injured from the wreckage out of
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    Lock icon Cambodian Troops Break Out Of Communist Trap
    193 1 PHNOM PENH, Wed (Renter) Cambodian troops today fought their way out of a trap set by several thousand North Vietnamese and Vietcong in Kratie province. A communique said the government troops suffered losses before they fought their way back to their base at
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    Lock icon Heaviest Reel Attack In S. V-N In 8 Months
    231 3 SAIGON', Wed. (Reur) Vietcong and North Vietnamese forces launched their heaviest shelling attacks in South Vietnam for nearly eight months last night and early today. The United States Command announced there had been 114 mortar, rocket and recoilless rifle attacks against
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    Lock icon Youths On Rampage
    128 3 MANILA. Wed. (IPI) Filipino youths smashed the windshields of passing buses, jeepneys (jeep buses) and taxicabs in a downtown Manila area today on the third day of protest outbursts against increased public transport fares. The rampage occurred on three busy streets in the city's downtown section which
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    Lock icon 2 Chinese Newsmen In Manila To Be Deported
    277 3 MANILA. Wed. (I'PI) Two Chinese newspapermen facing deportation charges were accused yesterday of currency violations. These included sending funds to Communist China for a profit. The charge was levelled against Quintm Yuyitung. publisher of the Chinese 'Commercial News.' and his brother Rizal
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    Lock icon MP Probes Into 'Child Marriage'
    211 3 DALTON. England. Wed (Rcuter) —An Irishborn widow of a Pakistani has appealed to a British Member of Parliament to 'save' her 12-year-old daughter from a marriage pact with a Pakistani. Mrs. Margaret Khan. 36. said at her Yorkshire village home last night tnat a marriage
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    Lock icon INDONESIA: A NATION ON A POWDER KEG
    561 3  -  Bv ISA ISMAIL JAKARTA, (IPl)—lts relatively easy to start a big riot and rampage in Indonesia provided one knows how to set the nation's huge powder keg. An estimated 102 million of Indonesia's 120 million people are Muslims. The majority of them are
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    Lock icon Bhutto Claims A Bid On His Life
    267 3 RAWALPINDI, Wed. (UPI) Left-wing political leader Zulfikar Bhutto claimed fanatic right-wing Muslims tried to murder him yesterday during new rioting in Pakistan. Report* claimed Bhutto was nearly hit by rifle fire when his followers and supporters of a right-wing group newly- asso:iated with
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    Lock icon Sam Thong Situation Improves
    159 3 VIENTIANE. Wed (I PI) Well-informed sources declared fixedwine aircraft belonging to Air America Inc. were landing at the Sam Thong airstrip today, reflecting the improved security picture there. US officials also visited the former American supply and logistics base to check on the status of the
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    Lock icon A Tour Of Thieu's POW Camps
    142 3 SAIGON'. Wed (Router) Texas multi-millionaire Ross Perot arrived in SaiKon today with more than 50 journalist* in tow to tour South Vietnamese t>risorer of war camps Perot s paste -creen rhartered Boeing 707 jetliner named "Peace on Earth.* touched down shortly hefore roon after
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    Lock icon The King Of Lesotho Abdicates?
    207 3 MASERU, Lesotho. Wed (Reuter) Prime Minister Chief Leahua Jonathan announced here last night that King Moshoeshoe of Lesotho was leaving the country indefinitely. His wife. Queen Mamaohato. will act 'as regent' in his absence. Observers here said the move meant virtual 'abdication' for the young
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    Lock icon MEETING IN SINGAPORE?
    63 3 NEW DELHI. Wed <L*PI) India and Yugoslavia agreed vesterdav to leave up to a preparatory meeting later this month to decide the site of a non-aligned conference. The decision was announced after talks between Foreign Minister D'.nesh Singh and visiting Yuaoslav Foreign Minister Mirke Tepavac The spokesman
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    Lock icon Diplomat Has Heart Condition: West German Ambassador Kidnapped In Guatemala
    392 3 GUATEMALA CITY, Wed. (UPI) A 62-year-old West German diplomat suffering from a heart condition was kidnapped at gunpoint by terrorists yesterday on a downtown Guatemala City street. The West German Embassy said Ambassador Count Karl Graf von Spreti was seized
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    Lock icon BUSINESS AS USUAL
    59 3 JAKARTA, Wed (AFP) Scores of prostitutes in Jakarta will be trained as bus conductresses, the Social Affairs Department announced today. They will start work within a few months A department spokesman explained this was in conformity with the governments policy of rehabilitating as many prostitutes as possible.
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    Lock icon Big 4 Envoys Assess M-E Peace Talks
    573 4 UNITED NATIONS New York, Wed. (Reuter) The U.N. ombossodors of the Big Four powers, who hove been trying to find a solution to the Middle Eost crisis, were todoy tokinq stock of the progress they hove achieved over the post year. .ial. I
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    Lock icon Sudan Army Steps Up Search For Rebel Leader
    260 4 CAIRO, Wed (Reuter) Sudanese troops today stepped up their hunt for a rebel religious leader after a successful assault on his island stronghold, the Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported from Khartoum. Omdurman radio Interrupted it* programmes late last night to allow
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    Lock icon MP On Spy Charge Resigns
    122 4 LONDON. Wed (AFP) Mr. William Owen, the Labour MP facing trial on charges of jeopardising state security, today presented bis resignation from Parliament. His lawyer said this move must "not In any way" be taken as "an admission of the pending charges against him He
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    Lock icon Trade Pact
    25 4 TOKYO, Wed. (UPI) A Slno-Rumanlan trade agreement for 1970 was signed in Peking on Saturday, the communist New China News Agency (NCNA) said.
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    Lock icon Monk In Idol Smuggling
    122 4 KATMANDU. Wed (UPI) Eight Nepalese were yesterdav sentenced from two to 18 months imprisonment for stealing ancient idols from temples and them to foreigners The special tribunal which meted the punishment also asked f he defendants to pay fines In cash of between "0 t<> 130
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    Lock icon Assassin's Bullet Helped In Lenin's Death: report
    227 4 LONDON*. Wed. <Reuter> A bullet fired at Lemn during an assassination attempt in 1918 may have contributed to his death from a stroke six years later, according to an article In the British medical magazine Practioner today. In the article entitled "Lenin s
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    Lock icon Avoided: A Plague In Quake Site
    93 4 PARIS. Wed (UPI) The Turkish Embassv m Paris said Tuesdav that chances of plague and disease in the earthquakeshattered village of Gediz had been "altogether definitely ard completely avoided." The communique was puhiished Tuesday in response to French newspaper report* saving that P'.ague threatened
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    Lock icon 18 Seek Asylum In Denmark
    66 4 COPENHAGEN. Wed. (Reuter) —Eighteen Czechoslovaks from a uarty of about 90 tourists who came here for Easter have sought political asylum in Denmark. police said last night The rest of the Partv returned to Chechoslovakia yesterday, but police believe some members may still be in
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    Lock icon Rescue Work Quickens As Weather Improves
    378 4 3,000 Feared D GEDIZ, Wed (Reuter) Better weather In the Turkish earthquake disaster area today allowed rescue teams to speed their work amidst the rubble of the market town of Gediz and surrounding villages. But they feared fresh quakes as the big relief operation
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    Lock icon PHAPREK TUNLLA, Cambodia – Flushed from a bunker, three kilometres inside the Cambodian border, a wounded Vietcong is taken prisoner by an ARVN ranger. S. Vietnamese troops moved across the border after fighting in the area stepped-up following the ouster of Prince Sihanouk from power in Cambodia. – UPI radiophoto.
    48 4 PHAPREK TUNLLA, Cambodia Flushed from a bunker, three kilometres inside the Cambodian border, a wounded Vietcong is taken prisoner by an ARVN ranger. S. Vietnamese troops moved across the border after fighting in the area stepped-up following the ouster of Prince Sihanouk from power in Cambodia. UPI radiophoto.
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    Lock icon Arab Legion Founder Dies At 84
    152 4 KELSO. Scotland. Wed. (Reuter) LieutenantColonel Frederick Gerard Pfake, the British soldier who founded the Arab Legion. has died here aged 84. Better known in the Arab world as Peake Pasha. he became as much a legend in the Middle East as Lawrence of Arabia.
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    Lock icon NEW CLASH BETWEEN POLICE AND CATHOLICS
    179 4 BELFAST. Northern Ireland. Wed. <Reuter) A fresh clash between British troops and hostile Catholic Republicans here early today flared into the city's worst riot this year with more than 20 soldiers injured. A fierce street battle raged for nearly an hour as the troops
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    Lock icon UK DIPLOMAT HEADS BACK TO PEKING
    90 4 HONG KONG. Wed (AFP> British Charge dAffaires in Peking John Denson left fo r China by train this morning Denson went with his wife for the trip barjj to t* l Chinese capital, a government spokesman said. I'ne British diplomat fiew to London on
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    Lock icon Wildcat Strike Stops Flights Out Of London
    97 4 LONDON Wed. (UPT> A sudden strike bv stewards and stewardesses that halted all flights out of London by British Overseas Airways Corp. (BOAC) on Tuesday ended when the airline lifted suspension of 12 rabln crew members The walkout wai called In m!d-mornine when
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    Lock icon OLDEST GAMBLING CLUB IN LONDON IS UP FOR SALE
    270 4 LONDOX. Wed (Reuter) Crockiord i. on« of the worldfs oest-kr.own gaming clubs closed down last n;gnt It had run out of luck A victim of tough new government eambunz regulations the 146-year-old —the oddest ir. London is no*- ut> for sale
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    Lock icon Moving Earth In Seaport
    49 4 POZZUOLI. Italv Wed. (UPl>—Th* earth beneath this ancient Roman seaport in still moving The inhabitant *'ho fie<3 after earlier tremors were paying no attention. Four more tremors shook Pozzjoii during the Easter weekend. scientists said Tuesday, but neither resident nor thousand* of tourists appeared alarmed-
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    Lock icon HELP YOUR MUM WHILE YOU HAVE THE CHANCE
    595 4  -  Ann Landers r)EAR ANN: Please give me an opportunity to reply to the 16-year-old girl who signed herself "Slave Labour". She didn't see why *he -should he asked to get off the phone and set the table while her mother sat around
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    Lock icon US Drug Offenders On The Rise
    253 5 WASHINGTON. Wed. (Reuter) The State Department warned Americans yesterday the v faced years of imprisonment under appalline conditions' In foreign prisons If they were arrested on drug charges while travelling abroad. It Issued an urgent appeal to Americans not to break foreign laws about
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    Lock icon Murder Trial In The Pacific
    159 5 SAIPAN. Wed <UPI) A J2-year-old American was yesterday sentenced to 20 years* imprisonment for the shipboard murder of another American near a remote island in the western Caroline Islands. A 17-year-old Filipino girl was also named in the murder complaint but the charge against her
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    Lock icon Troops Surround Varsity With Guns
    204 5 CULIACAN, Mexico, Wed. (Reuter) About 200 soldiers with sub-machine guns yesterday surrounded the University of Culiacan in the northern state of Sinaloa after violent battles between striking students and police on Monday. Some 1.300 students barricaded themselves in the university buildings after fighting off state
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    Lock icon BANK HOLDUP
    77 5 SAO PAOLO. Brart Wed (Reuter) —A grou© of heavily-armed guerril'as in a fleet of five cars held UP a bank van here and got away with TOO.ono cruzeiros (60.000 sterling). police said vesterday. The robberv on Monday followed a no'd-ut> at an ice-cream factory and the discover*- of
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    Lock icon AIR TRAVEL
    38 5 NEW YORK. Wed. <UPI) —Air travel out of New York City's three major metropolitan airport* dwindled to a trick> vesterday under tl> two-fold pressure of the air traffic controllers' strike and inclement weather throughout the region-
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    Lock icon Should Risks Be Taken With Lives Of Hostages?
    200 5 BUENOS AIRES. Hed (IPI) Latin American policy-makers are wondering whether it's finally time to say. "No", to diplomatic kidnappers even at the risk of endangering the lives of hostages. Foreign ministries have been giving increasing thought to such a poiley since last
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    Lock icon Manila Relaxes Reporters' Visas
    66 5 MANILA. Wed. <UPI> Thp Philippine Government announced today that Journalists from countries with which It has diplomatic relations can stay In the country for 21 days without visas Foreign Secretary Carlos Romulo issued a circular to ail foreign diplomatic missions to Including newsmen among those exempted
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    Lock icon Further GI Pullout From V-N Expected
    242 5 WASHINGTON, Wed. (Reuter) —President Nixon is thought likely to decide on further withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam when he makes his next critical policy decision on the war in the next few weeks. The President Is keeping his own counsel The Whi*e House
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    Lock icon 2nd SEATO Exercise
    101 5 MANILA Wed (Router) Thirty-five warships from six South-Easl Asian Treaty Organisation members set sail for Thailand todav for the second phase of a military excrc.se in the South China Sea The exercise code-named "Sea Rover," involves ships from the United States. Britain. Australia New Zealand Thailand arv»
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    Lock icon Build SST To Stay In The Lead
    235 5 WASHINGTON We d (Reuter> —A top Nixon administration official warned yesterday the US had to Push ahead with developing a supersonic passenger plane to stop Britain. France and the Soviet Union capturirg more of the international market. Under-Serretarv of Transportation Jarre? Beges explained
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    Lock icon Ex-Bodyguard Of Nixon Involved In Kidnap
    260 5 LOS ANGELES, Wed. (Reuter) —A former bodyguard of President Nixon was accused yesterday of kidnapping a bank executive's 11-year-old son and demanding the third highest ransom in U.S. criminal history. Ronald Miller. 38 acted a* a bodyguard for President Nixon during a dinner h*re
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    Lock icon US Space Station Plans Off Until '77
    289 5 WASHINGTON. Wed. (Reuterl —America plans to launch a space ship which could return to Earth and fly again have had to be postponed for at least a year because of 'lack of funds? Rocket expert Wernher Von Braun told a press conference here
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    Lock icon A Judge Can Gag A Defendant
    181 5 HASHINGTO N, Wed (Reuter) The US Supreme Court has uphrld the right of a judge to bind and ga* a defendant who shouts and disrupts court proceedings The high court in a ruling yesterday thus backed Judge Julius Hoffman's action. The latter had ordered
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    Lock icon Biggest Pure Heroin Drug Haul In NY
    284 5 NEW YORK, Wed. (Reuter) Police yesterday seized pure heroin worth 30 million dollars in a Manhattan hotel room. It was the biggest-ever haul of the drug in New York. Police rfe'aine- 4 two Argentinian busnfjimen whom thev :ct of smuggling the drug Into
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    Lock icon Police Nab 'Wild Bunch' Bandits In Mexico
    208 5 New Laredo, Mexico, Wed. (Reuter) Mexican troops and police today pinned down a 'wild bunch' of vicious bandits who shot to kill in the streets of Laredo. Seven marked men opened up with sub-machine guns on police who foiled their getaway from a
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    Lock icon America's Arms Aid
    172 5 WASHINGTON. Wed. (CPI> State Department yesterday disclosed that during the past 20 years, the f'nited States has given its allies military equipment originally estimated to be worth 3.4 billion l'-S. dollars Grants and easy credit sales under the Military Assistance Programme were also given. However, the Department
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    Lock icon NEW TALENT
    460 6 MANY a harassed Prime Minister, at some time or other, must have Imagined that the government would be better off without being answerable at every step to the opposition. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew's problem is not that. His problem is that there is no opposition in Parliament to
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    Lock icon HIJACKING AND KIDNAPPING
    361 6 gOME years ago we considered hijacking, like the kidnapping of diplomats, a crime peculiar to the Western Hemisphere. One almost smiled at the docile way in which pilots of American domestic airlines flew to Cuba at the slightest threat from a hijacker. But this somewhat supercilious attitude
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    Lock icon Hanoi's Imperialism
    630 6  -  By Joseph Alsop SAIGON Back home, the awful gurgling of past words being swallowed ought now to be neardeafening. Remember, for instance, the pronunciamentos about "American imperialism" by countless silly American academics and a good many politicians like Sen. J. William Fulbright. At this stage, however. American troops
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    Lock icon Hijackings In Asia
    549 6 TOKYO Tuesday's hijacking of a Japan Airlines Boeing 727 was Asia's fourth case of its kind. Another hijacking was suspected but never proven because none of the witnesses survived. The first recorded hijacking took place Dec. 30. 1952. when a young Chinese student wanted for attempted murder
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    Lock icon Govt. Gets The Extra
    136 6  -  Letters... CESS ON FOOD CHUA CHOO LIM I refer to the letter entitled "Who Gets These" from "Angry"' appearing in tne letters' column of your publication of 26.3.70 The minimum amount of cess payable on each receipt on food and drinks as provided for under Regulation
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    Lock icon INDIA'S SECOND PROBLEM
    697 6  -  By RAMESH C. PANDE NEW DELHI Indian officials believe that unemployment is one of the nation's biggest problems. But they admit they don't know how big the problem is. A government official in charge of employment statistics poked through piles of dusty folders labelled "Important", "Priority" and
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    Lock icon Plugging The Memo Leak
    411 6  -  By Dick West WASHINGTON: The White House is historic and beautiful. But like many older buildings, it requires constant attention to keep it in repair Within the last couple of weeks, for example, tne White House has developed a bad leak of Patrick Moynihan memoranda. President
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      Lock icon Very Dull Trading, Buyers Withdrawn
      313 7 vERY dull conditions prevailed in th« Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday with little or no let up in the bearish trend. Buyers remained largely withdrawn. Trading was marked by irregular sentiment and the majority of share prices continued to drift downwards. Selected popular
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      864 7 "OUSINESS done in and reported to the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the number of shares traded in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified:- INDUSTRIALS ACMA $230 (2> $2 31 <6>; Alcan $1 73 (3> $1 74 (11) DIM
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      Lock icon Firm Takes In 9 Graduates
      98 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Six graduates from the University of Malaya's Faculty of Agriculture and three from the College of Agriculture in Serdan*. all of whom completed their courses this year, have been appointed to assistant managerial oositions on estates belonging to Kumpulan Guthrie Sendirian Berhad.
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      Lock icon London Rubber Closes Steady
      56 7 LONDON. Wed (UPI) Rubber market closed steady with sellers reserved No. 1 RSS pot 21-1/2. 21-7/8. Settlement House Mav 21-3/4. 22 Jure 21-7/8. 22-1/8 April/June 22. 22-1/4 July/Sept 22-1/16, 22-3/16. Jan/March 22-5/16. 22-1/2 April/June 22-3' B. 22-9/16 July/Sept 22-3/8. 22-5* 8 Oct./ Dec. 22-7/16. 22-3,8. Jan/March.
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      Lock icon Trade Surplus
      33 7 TAIPEI, Wed. (Reuter) Taiwan's trade surplus for 1970 stood at US$3 4 million at the end of February. the Central News Agency reported Exports totalled U5595.4 million and imports US$9.2 million.
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      95 7 THF noon priw» at I h r Siruapnre rhjneae Produce Eichance ye«(erdaj wnr> Bo j er Coconut oil (1-6 B.) Bulk Coconut oil (F O B Drum Mixed copra S500 Muntok hue Pepper If OB Sarawak Hhltr Pfnpfr (FOB) Sarawak *peotal Black Pepper iMlH 1 XLW Lamponi «p«rial Black
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      712 7 8 i D and offer prices ort ciallv listed yesterday at th e close of business in the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore were: INDUSTRIALS B. 0. AC MA 2 30 2 31 1-73 i-74 b'B Co i by 170 L».
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      Lock icon S'PORE FEATHERS FOR EXPORT
      141 7 SCANDINAVIANS will soon be ahle to slumber into dreamland on pillows ■tuffrd with feathers pro- cessed in Singapore. A local company. Singapore Feather Works Pte Ltd exports «x tons of purified feathers to Europe on the Scar, service cargo liner Burma from yesterday. Th»» represents the
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      134 7 THE Association of Banks In Malaysia-Singa-pore yesterday made the following changes in Its rates to merchants (rates are quoted to the equivalent of 100 units of foreign currency >: SELLING TT. or OD. ready: Deutsche Marks $84.3050; Holland Guilders $85.0800; Swtig Francs Belgian Francs $6.2250; French Francs $55.7025;
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      58 7 NEW YORK. Wed CUPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged to 25 points lower on no sales Tuesday on the N*w York Commodity Exchange Close Prev May 21.508 21.50 July 21 508 21.50 Sept ***** 2150 Nov 21 508 21.50 Jan 21 258 21.50 Mar 21 258 21.50 Locally, No.
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      Lock icon RUBBER: 61 7/8 Cts.
      257 7 APRIL first grade rubber buyers clotted at 5 p.m In Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 61-J cent* per ib down one eighth of a cent from the previous clone The tone of the market was Quiet Despite disappoinUng London advices, the market commenced on a
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      38 7 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York fltock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrials 785.57 20 transp. 173.06 15 utilities 117.75 65 stocks 261.84 40 bonds 69.58 Commodity future® Index 133.93 plus 0.02
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      Lock icon TODAY'S SHIPS IN SINGAPORE
      272 7 The Port of Singapore Authority has made the following berthing arrangements for today, April 2. DEPARTURES (Godouns) (Vessels) 5 Glenaflrlc 8/9 Benattow 10/11 Vega 13/14 VLshva Vlkas 18 Yewbank 25 26 Straat clarence 29 30 Tjlnegara 31 32 Italy Maru 35/36 Straat Johore 38 '39 Thorscafe
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      Lock icon Free Shaves For Hotel Customers
      203 7 ALOW coat plastlc-typ« razor set which comes complete with a stainless coated razor blade is nr»w available In Singapore to help solve the hotel owner's problem of providing free shaves for their guests. This new type of razor set contains features which should find immediate
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      Lock icon N.Y. STOCKS LOWER
      90 7 NEW YORK. Wed (UPI) Stock prices closed narrowly lower In lack-luster trading Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange. The UPI marketwide indicator was O.lf per cent lower with 1.575 issues on the tape. There were 667 declines against 579 advances The Dow Jones industrial average, in
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      75 7 LONDON. Wed. The pre-holiday sparkle on the stock exchange was dimmed Tuesday, and market* ended indecisive with Wall Street's overnight downturn and event in Cambodia contributing to the general uncertainty. But government stocks remained firm with a few scattered rises. Industrial leader* to fall included Ranks. Unilever.
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      52 7 NEW YORK, Wed. (UPI) Gold prices were mixed in moderately active trading Tuesday on market here and abroad. In London, gold slipped one cent to $35.30 a troy ounce at the morning fixing and remained at that level for the second fixing. The closing price was *35.275 bid.
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      13 7 THE tin price for yesterday was $691.00 per picul, up $2OO
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      455 7 m Sydney Stocks, Closing Prices SYDNEY, Wed. (UPI) The mining and oil markefs remained firm on Sydney Sfock Exchange Wednesday as traders waited for the Poseidon report. The wait was in rain, the report was not forthcoming until two minutes after the closing bell.
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      70 7 TOKYO. Wed (UPI> Japanese trading firm Ma-rubenl-lida announced It has won a contract to supply the Greek Ministry of Defence with 210 Nissan Motor Co. dump trucks valued at US$2.3 million, water-cooled four-cycle enThe company said ono tentative order calls for a glne of 220 horsepower
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      134 7 HONG KONG. (CP!) Wednesday's 5 p.m currency rite* (supplied by Foreign Exchange una lnrrstroent Md) i Borer* i (Sellers) 104.7 1T1JS 7 per 100 6tralt* dollar* 147 148 per 1,000 Taiwan dollar* 8 "58 7 785 per Australian dollar 340 wo per 1.000 Burmese Kyati 4R* 500
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      596 8 WHEN the school bell rang for dismissal. I usually used to wait at the schoolgate for my fathers car to leich me home. One day while I was waltlr.e at the school-gate I saw a biack 'Mercedes" car stopping in front of me. A big
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      307 8 I STILL remember what my teacher told me three years ago. "Work, work and work!" It sounds strange, doesnt it? But it is the easiest way to success Success cannot be separated from work. If we do anything and are as industrious as the proverbial beaver,
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      496 8 IT WAS a heavenly day. The October sun shone down warmly and the trees in the village glowed yellow, red and golden, dressed in their autumn colourings. A few dry leaves floated down in the cool breeze, i stood by the window, gazing
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      597 8 Towns Villages Are Partners, Not Rivals POFTS and writers have written a great deal in praise of the country Cowper went so far as to say "God made the country, man made the town." Wordsworth and Coleridge, the great English poet*, lived ard wrote In the Lake Districts of England.
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      461 8 IT WAS the eighteenth of February. We we:e having a lesson on adjective phrases when a sudden pang in my nostrils caused me to clamp a handkerchief over my nose Then, the great stampede began. Thinking that It was a fire drill since
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      187 8 NEW ESSAY CONTEST: RULES TO OBSERVE THE EASTERN' SUN'S new essay writing contest for boys and girls of 14 and under appears in this page every Thursday. One of the objects of this contest is to encourage young boys and girls to express themselves properly. And what better way to
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    443 9  -  By Florence de Santis IiTBETHER y o a are sticking with mini lengths, or trying one of the many varieties of longer skirts, remember that shoes remain the important accent for each skirt length. The varying hem lengths are the reason for
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    49 9 WHEN the fashion world is hesitating before a new trend, it often look? to the retailers of popular price clothes to ?e« which way thlncs will ro At f he moment, the word is out that the longer lengths will <ieflnitelv be here for next fall.
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    233 9 LOOK FOR... WITH short. soft dresses In colourful prints, the sleeves full and deeply cuffed, necklines scarved. to b® used later as pant* tops. WITH costumes whose and ahirt* can ro with present short skirts, bt paired with longer skirt* now or later WITH pants costumes that have
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    610 9  -  V'" '■lor By SHEILAH GRAHAM NEW YORK. Wed. Dawn ArJd*m« whom I first met In Hollywood when she signed with Metro for a film with Van Johnson, has been living with Michael Howard for several years and thev see no reason
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      12 9 TODAY a Thursday, April 2. 1970. JULY It XU«. M LL£U 5-1»-20-44/
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      357 10  -  By Our Racing Correspondent IPOH, Wed. Newcomer Riva Rossa with Glynn Pretty up did a smart 3f trial in 38-2/5 with stablemate Shangrila IV on good going here today. If he runs up to his track form he should be worth following on
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      144 10 SYDNEY. Australia. Wed. Malcolm Milne, the hops farmer that has put Australia on the world skiing map. is aiming for a gold medal at the 1972 Winter Olympics at Sapporo, northern Japan. Milne. 24. from Myrtleford Victoria, arrived in Australia recently Iresh from the world
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      77 10 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) The Molar, who has been quoted second favourite for Saturday's Grand Natonal steeplechase at Aintree. Liverpool, will not be able to run in the race. A spokesman for his trainer. Captain Ryan Price, said yesterday that The Molar had rapped himself and
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      223 10 JOHANNESBURG. Wed. (I PI) —Rosemary Casals of the l nited States reached the women's singles semi-finals at the South African Open tennis championships yesterdav when she heat Wimbledon title holder Ann Jones of Britain for the loss of only four I games.
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      44 10 JAKARTA. Wed. (AFP' The Indonesian national men s vollev ball team will visit Singapore and Malaysia m thp middle of this month, it was announced here today. The team will plav their i first goodwill match against I Singapore on April 20.
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      154 10 SAN JUAN. Wed (UPI> Arthur Ashe of the United States moved into the third round of the Caribehilton tennis tourney yesterday, defeating Lance Lumsden of Jamaica. 6-0. 6-0 Joining him was fellowAmerican Clark Graebner. who beat Peter Szoke. Hungary, 6-1. 6-2 Other RresultsPot?r Curtis. England, beat
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      24 10 MONTEVIDEO. Wed. (Reuten Uruguay beat Peru 2-0 in a friendly socrer international between the two countries' World Cup teams here last night
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      87 10 LONDON, Wed (Reuter) Mike Davies. chief of the "World Championship Tennis" professional group, has turned down an offer from the International Federation for his players to compete in an experimental Grand Prix series. The Federation's proposal was that several leading tournaments should pool ten per
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      261 10 LONDON. Wed—England's champion Jockey Lester Piggott opened the 1970 flat racing season in smart style with an excellent 14-1 double victory on the first day of racing at Doncaster in the North of England. Piggott. 33. rode his first winner when he was a
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      117 10 BRISBANE. Australia. Wed Brisbane's Graham McMillan acclaimed as on* of Australia® greatest ever soccer forwards, has announced his retirement The 34-year-old left winger Hayed 12 times for Australia and 30 times for his Slate side. Queensland. He made h: s first State appearance in 1956.
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      60 10 SYDNEY. Australia, Wed. A total of AS 150.000 is needed to send Australia's 137-man team to the Commonwealth Qam«s In Edinburgh. This was disclosed in Svdnev when the Australian Bi-Centenary British Commonwealth Games Appeal was launched recently It will cost A 51.200 to send each competitor and official
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      471 10 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Huddersfield Town, the English League Second Division club, made certain of promotion to the First Division next season when they earned a point from a 1-1 draw at Middlesbrough last night. With 56 points from 40 matches. Huddersfleld now lead the
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      135 10 WELLINGTON. wed. <Reuter> The third unofficial cricket Test between Australia and New Zealand was abandoned this afternoon without a ball being bowled Heavy overnight rain and further showers this morning meant the covers were not lifted until lunch and when they were It was found water had
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      180 10 AUGUSTA. Georgia Wed. (UPI> The Masters, already the best-guarded golf tournament in the world, will be taking extra precautions next week to protect South Africa's Gary Player. Player, who has been harassed by some black militants because of his country's apartheid policies. ha s expressed
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      139 10 BELGRADE. Wed. <Reuterj The Soviet Union, led the Rest of the World 9.5-6.5 points with four adjourned games after the second round in the current chess tournament here last night. The first round brilliance prize of 1.500 Dinars (£so> was won by American Robert Fischer.
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      77 10 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Results of last night'i rugby matches were: Rugby League Bramley 19. Hull Kingston Rovers 3. Castleford 9. Hull 3. Huddersfield 4, Bradford Northern 11. Keighley 11. Barrow 10. Rugby Union Clifton 23. Birmingham 9. Leicester 19. Manchester 0. Malone 11. Newbridge 5 Newport
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      600 11 SYDNEY, Australia, Wed —More than 450 cars dating back to the turn of the century will compete in Australia's international rally for vintage and veteran cars this month. They include 120 cars from overseas, 85 from New Zealand, 20 from th e United States.
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      79 11 SYDNEY. Australia Wed. Colourful British squash champion. Jonah Barring, ton. has be*n invited to contest the Australian professional championships. They will be held In Bydney from Aug 23 to Sept. 5. The invitation has be»n extended by the South Wales Squash Racquet* Association. If he accepts.
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      373 11 We Expect Easy Win Over PI— Fraser MANILA. Wed (UPI) Neale Frajser. Australia's Davi* Cup captain, said today he expect* an easy win over the Philippines in the first Eastern Zone tie beginning Friday and the start of what he hopes will be a comeback for Australian amateur tenni*. The
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      142 11 HOUSTON, Texas, Wed. (AFP)—It took George Foreman, the Olympic heavyweight boxing champion only two minutes 42 seconds to knock out Rufus B'assel in their non-title heavyweight contest over ten rounds here last night. Foreman an American Negro who now has an impressive string of knockout
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      293 11 TAIPEI, Wed. (Reuter) High winds and swirling mist threaten to send scores soaring in the US$l5,OOO China Open seventh stage of the nine-leg Asian golf circuit tomorrow. About 135 golfers tee off on the 7,100-yard par-72 linkou course ouilt five
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      83 11 HONG KONG. Wed (Renter) Little Ben Arda of the Philippines, with 90 points, kept hi« lead in the Asian rolf dreuit standings after the Hong Kon* Open Other placings are: 2. Hueh Yung-Yo (Nationalist Chlna> 79J pts., 3 Chen Chien Chung (NC) 774. 4 Hsieh M
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      111 11 BANGKOK. W«J. <Reuter) Thai flyweight champion Bergrerjt Chartvanchai said today a religious shower of blessing on the eve of his scheduled world title fight hart put him to b*d with fever. The Thai champion was to have met Bejnabe Villacampo of the Philippines
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